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Vetoing Trades

PRIME EXAMPLE of why vetoing trades should be banished from not only fantasy, but pro sports too.

The Chris Paul trade. Well, the should have been Chris Paul trade. Three teams involved, three teams agreed. Owners bitch to Stern, Stern puts the stopper on the deal. WTF??? Why? Now, I am not a Lakers fan. I am not a Hornets fan. So I couldn't really care less if each team is upset they didn't get what they wanted. But what the blockage does is SCREW THE HORNETS. The Hornets were getting, maybe not superstar players, but incredibly good players that will actually make their team better. Now, what's going to happen??? Paul plays out the season in New Orleans, and at the end of the season, Paul becomes a free agent and leaves (and likely signs with the Lakers anyway), and the Hornets get NOTHING. Hornets franchise will be all but detracted. It's a disgrace that the owners, that the league would allow for something like this to happen. Stern says he stopped the deal because of basketball reasons. I understand that the NBA "owns" the Hornets right now because they have no owner, but BS. The deal happened, he got hammered by a bunch of owners, and he got scared. He better do the right thing and let this trade go through. If he wants to do the right thing for that organization. He is still looking for a buyer for the team. No one will buy this team if Paul walks and the team gets nothing in return to build upon.

Big giant FU to the NBA and the owners for this one. You should have stayed locked out. College hoops is better anyway.

The Best there is, The Best there was, The BEST THERE EVER WILL BE..... King Killah!

Still the point is........ The trade: yes - Lakers may get the best player of the deal, but the Hornets dramatically improve their team as well, especially for the future. The deal not being allowed to go through SCREWS the Hornets incredibly. Now they lose Paul at the end of the season and get nothing for him.

The Best there is, The Best there was, The BEST THERE EVER WILL BE..... King Killah!

Still the point is........ The trade: yes - Lakers may get the best player of the deal, but the Hornets dramatically improve their team as well, especially for the future. The deal not being allowed to go through SCREWS the Hornets incredibly. Now they lose Paul at the end of the season and get nothing for him.